The 2018 Louisville Slugger 918 Prime refined the three-piece composite design with improved VCX Vibration Control. This balanced bat delivered a buttery smooth feel with impressive pop for hitters at all levels.
Models Overview
The 918 Prime featured Louisville Slugger's RTX end cap and proprietary composite barrel across all drops. The three-piece construction virtually eliminated sting while the balanced design promoted quick hands through the zone.
Performance Comparison
The most exciting thing for the 2018 Slugger 918 Prime is the opportunity to create a custom bat. Slugger has taken, almost verbatim, the site from their sister company DeMarini and built the opportunity to produce a custom-made bat.
We were given a chance to take the process for a spin pre-release and can say it was as smooth as we could hope. Dozens of great color options, the opportunity to personalize the barrel, and the lizard skin options were all great touches. You can expect an update to this page when we get our hands on our Custom 918. Here is an image of the bat we produced.
Comparable Bats
Not many years ago, the two-piece composite space only had a few legitimate options. Now, several two-piece composite bats grace the plate. In addition to the 917 Prime, another very similar bat is the Easton MAKO Beast.
At the time of this writing, the MAKO Beast is the most recent BBCOR bat on the market for Easton. It is a 2017 model. Soon, for 2018, Easton will release an Easton Ghost bat in BBCOR. At this point, how comparable that bat will be to the 917 Prime is anyone's guess.
See the Beast and other BBCOR bat reviews here.
